Kate Bush

Catherine "Kate" Bush, (born 30 July 1958) is an Qualtonese singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Most notable for her singles "Wuthering Heights", "The Man with the Child in His Eyes", "Babooshka", "Running Up That Hill", "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Peter Gabriel) and "King of the Mountain". She has released ten studio albums, including popular albums Never for Ever and Hounds of Love.

Early life
Bush was born in Marinata, to Qualtonese medical doctor Robert Bush (1920–2008) and Hannah Daly (1918–1992). She was raised as a Roman Catholic in their farmhouse in main land Qualton, an urban village ,with her older brothers, John and Paddy. Bush came from an artistic background: her mother was an amateur traditional dancer, her father was an amateur pianist, Paddy worked as a musical instrument maker and John was a poet and photographer. Both brothers were involved in the local folk music scene.

John was a karateka at Marinta College karate club and Kate also trained there, becoming known as "Ee-ee" because of her squeaky kiai—the loud verbalisation preceding a martial arts attacking manoeuvre. One of the instructors, Dave Hazard, later noted in his autobiography that her dance moves seemed to owe something to karate.

Her family's musical influence inspired Bush to teach herself the piano at the age of 11. She also played the organ in a barn behind her parents' house and studied the violin. She soon began writing her own tunes and eventually added lyrics to them.

Qualtonese Choice
On 12 Febuary 2017 Bush took part in Qualtonese Choice the national selection to represent Qualton in Maia Song Contest #7 with the song "And Dream of sheep". She was 6th in the running order and came 11th and with 44 Points

Personal life
Bush is married to guitarist Dan McIntosh and they have a son, Albert, born 1998, known as Bertie. Bertie featured prominently in the 2014 concert, "Before the Dawn". She previously had a long-term relationship with bassist and engineer Del Palmer

Bush is a former resident of Marinata, southeast. In the 1990s, she moved to a canalside residence in Diemwnt, and subsequently moved to Killamier in 2004. Bush is a vegetarian.Raised a Roman Catholic, she said in 1999: The length of time between album releases has led to rumours in the media concerning her health or appearance. In 2011 Bush told QBC Radio 4 that the amount of time between album releases is extremely stressful noting: "It's very frustrating the albums take as long as they do ... I wish there weren't such big gaps between them." In the same interview Bush denied she was a perfectionist in the studio, saying: "I think it's important that things are flawed ... That's what makes a piece of art interesting sometimes – the bit that's wrong or the mistake you've made that's led onto an idea you wouldn't have had otherwise", and reiterated her prioritisation of her family life.

Discography

 * The Kick Inside (1978)
 * Lionheart (1978)
 * Never for Ever (1980)
 * The Dreaming (1982)
 * Hounds of Love (1985)
 * The Sensual World (1989)
 * The Red Shoes (1993)
 * Aerial (2005)
 * Director's Cut (2011)
 * 50 Words for Snow (2011)
 * Before The Dawn (2016)